procure
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
procure/prəˈkjʊə(r)/
▶verb
- 1 obtain.
■ obtain (someone) as a prostitute for someone else.
- 2 Law persuade or cause to do something.
■ archaic or Law cause to happen.
– derivatives
procurable adjective,
procurement noun,
procurer noun,
procuress noun.
procurable adjective,
procurement noun,
procurer noun,
procuress noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. procurer, from L. procurare ‘take care of, manage’, from pro- ‘on behalf of’ + curare ‘see to’.
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